13Synonyms found for triumph

Word Origin & History

triumph late 14c., from O.Fr. triumphe (12c.), from L. triumphus "achievement, a success, procession for a victorious general or admiral," earlier triumpus, probably via Etruscan from Gk. thriambos "hymn to Dionysus," a loan-word from a pre-Hellenic language. Sense of "victory, conquest" is c.1400. The verb is first recorded late 15c. Related: Triumphed; triumphing.

Example Sentences for triumph

The discovery of global warming is a great triumph of two centuries of developments in fundamental physics and chemistry.

The irony is that the dangerous dwindling of diversity in our food supply is the unanticipated result of an agricultural triumph.

Together they were on the brink of a penultimate triumph.

When she effortlessly opened her mouth, you could hear her pain and triumph.

We go forward with complete confidence in the eventual triumph of freedom.

He is brought home in triumph and kept in a cage, where all the villagers take it in turns to feed him.

If his prediction comes true, it will represent an astonishing triumph in rapid technological development.

Having drugs that reliably cure life-threatening diseases would be a triumph.

His mission is intended as a triumph of the mind over the base adrenal impulses of common speeders.